Improved washing-machine



N, PETERS, gHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNI-TED .STATES PATENT OFFICEo THOMAS COLE, OF MARSHALLTOWN, IOVA.

IMPRovEo WASHING-MACHINE.

Specifcation forming'part of Letters Patent No. 57,679, dated September 4, 1866.

To alt whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS COLE, of Marshalltown, in the county of Marshall and State ot: lowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement on a Vashing-Maehine; and I do hereby declare that the following` is afull, clear, and exact description ot the construction and operation of the same, reference being` had to the annexed drawings, making a part ot' this specification, in which- Figure lis a longitudinal elevation of my washing-machine Fig. 2 is a transverse 1ongitudinal elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

My invention consists, h'rst, in a Vyielding` lever, so connected with the other rigging of my machine as to permit clothes to pass be tween the cylinderand rollers; second, in a movable wedge or key which may be moved in such a manner as to loosen or tighten the lever above referred to.

In the accompanyiiig,` drawings, A A, Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, may represent a lever of wood or other suitable material sufciently iieXible to yield to a surplus quantity ot' clothes as they vpass between the cylinder B B and the rollers O O,.Fig. 2.

The lever A A, Fig. 2, is fastened at one end to the roller D and at the other end to the upright arm E. The upright arm E, Fig. l, connects the lever A A with the lever g g.

The wedge or key K, Fig. 2, is made thinner at one end than the other, is a fulcrum for the lever A A, and can he moved hack and forth to tighten or loosen the lever A A.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim to be new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. The yielding lever AA, as applied to the washing-machine, substantially as herein dcscribed.

2. The fulcrum-wedge K, in connection with the yielding leverA A, as applied to the washing-machine, substantially as herein set forth.

THOMAS COLE.

Vitnesses:

J. W. HARVEY, D. M. KILLIAN. 

